Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	body_n	soul_n	spiritual_a	1,241	5	6.4992	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58816	A sermon preached at the assizes at Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, August 31, 1685 before the Honourable Sir Thomas Street, Kt., one of the judges of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas / by John Scott ...	Scott, John, 1639-1695.	1685 (1685)	Wing S2070; ESTC R38224	13,664	38

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